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Fayetteville unveils mass‑timber Woodland Junior High design; board approves Joyce Road construction contract
Summary
Designers showed updated visuals for the new Woodland Junior High — a mass‑timber, WELL/LEED‑targeted campus that preserves historic barns and adds outdoor classrooms. The board approved a separate contract to build the Joyce Road extension required for the site.
Designers presented updated schematics, renderings and an animation for the new Woodland Junior High campus on Joyce Boulevard, and the board voted to award the Joyce Road construction contract to Precision Site Work.
What was presented Moda Studio and the district described the project as a mass‑timber building emphasizing natural materials, indoor environmental quality and outdoor learning. Key design features shown at the meeting included exposed mass‑timber structure in classrooms and public spaces, a cafeteria/"cafetorium" that can double as a performance space, a terraced outdoor dining and learning terrace, preserved historic barns integrated as outdoor classrooms (one proposed as a greenhouse), native low‑impact landscaping and onsite stormwater cisterns for irrigation.
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